[PATCH 4.4 06/23] tcp: helpers to send special DCTCP ack

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

4.4-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@xxxxxxxxxx>

[ Upstream commit 2987babb6982306509380fc11b450227a844493b ]

Refactor and create helpers to send the special ACK in DCTCP.

Signed-off-by: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 net/ipv4/tcp_output.c |   22 +++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
@@ -901,8 +901,8 @@ out:
  * We are working here with either a clone of the original
  * SKB, or a fresh unique copy made by the retransmit engine.
  */
-static int tcp_transmit_skb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, int clone_it,
-			    gfp_t gfp_mask)
+static int __tcp_transmit_skb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
+			      int clone_it, gfp_t gfp_mask, u32 rcv_nxt)
 {
 	const struct inet_connection_sock *icsk = inet_csk(sk);
 	struct inet_sock *inet;
@@ -962,7 +962,7 @@ static int tcp_transmit_skb(struct sock
 	th->source		= inet->inet_sport;
 	th->dest		= inet->inet_dport;
 	th->seq			= htonl(tcb->seq);
-	th->ack_seq		= htonl(tp->rcv_nxt);
+	th->ack_seq		= htonl(rcv_nxt);
 	*(((__be16 *)th) + 6)	= htons(((tcp_header_size >> 2) << 12) |
 					tcb->tcp_flags);
 
@@ -1036,6 +1036,13 @@ static int tcp_transmit_skb(struct sock
 	return net_xmit_eval(err);
 }
 
+static int tcp_transmit_skb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, int clone_it,
+			    gfp_t gfp_mask)
+{
+	return __tcp_transmit_skb(sk, skb, clone_it, gfp_mask,
+				  tcp_sk(sk)->rcv_nxt);
+}
+
 /* This routine just queues the buffer for sending.
  *
  * NOTE: probe0 timer is not checked, do not forget tcp_push_pending_frames,
@@ -3354,7 +3361,7 @@ void tcp_send_delayed_ack(struct sock *s
 }
 
 /* This routine sends an ack and also updates the window. */
-void tcp_send_ack(struct sock *sk)
+void __tcp_send_ack(struct sock *sk, u32 rcv_nxt)
 {
 	struct sk_buff *buff;
 
@@ -3391,7 +3398,12 @@ void tcp_send_ack(struct sock *sk)
 
 	/* Send it off, this clears delayed acks for us. */
 	skb_mstamp_get(&buff->skb_mstamp);
-	tcp_transmit_skb(sk, buff, 0, sk_gfp_atomic(sk, GFP_ATOMIC));
+	__tcp_transmit_skb(sk, buff, 0, sk_gfp_atomic(sk, GFP_ATOMIC), rcv_nxt);
+}
+
+void tcp_send_ack(struct sock *sk)
+{
+	__tcp_send_ack(sk, tcp_sk(sk)->rcv_nxt);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tcp_send_ack);